The Gazette 1967/71

resources could hope to cover completely, and the programme set out below is designed to keep the undertaking within manageable limits. For this reason too, the sub-committee are limiting their scope to conveyancing and commercial matters, with an eye to those least adequately covered by present sources. 1. Pool— The committee intend to maintain a reference pool consisting of forms and prece– dents sent in by practitioners. Every solicitor in his own practice accumulates material, e.g. drafts prepared by counsel, which fill in some of the gaps in the text-books, and if there is a pooling of the material available,a fairly com– prehensive collection should result. Since docu– ments would be kept just as they are sent to the committee, they would not be represented as necessarily model precedents, nor would they be printed, but they would be available for perusal and copying. The immediate prob– lem about a place to keep them has been met by the kind offer of Mr. Gavan Duffy, the Law Society's Librarian, to afford facilities for that purpose. 2. Standard Forms and Precedents— The com– mittee has begun work on the drafting of certain standard forms of precedents which it is proposed to print and make available for sale to members under the following heads occupational business lettings; assignment of leaseholds; conveyance of freeholds; requisi– tions on title; documents in connection with newly developed estates; enquiries before con– tract; employment agreements. 3. Office Forms and Memorandum— The second and third of these may seem too simple to be necessary but by having available printed drafts, leaving only blanks to be filled in, much time can be saved, and perhaps a better and more modern phraseology encouraged. The committee are thinking of such matters as notes on taking instructions from persons buying or selling property. The material submitted for the pool should be most useful to the committee in compiling the standard forms and precedents. All members who can do so are requested to send whatever forms or precedents they may have which they feel would be suitable for the refer– ence pool directly to Esmond A. Davies, 17 Vesey Place, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. The chairman would be interested to hear from any one who either would like to help in the work of drafting documents, or who has suggestions 40

costs in bankruptcy or arrangement matters the taxing masters are at liberty in any case they think fit to exercise their discretion in regard to the fees to be allowed either to solicitors or ac– countants in respect of the preparation of the statement of affairs. MEDICO—LEGAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND The opening meeting of the current season of the Medico Legal Society will be held in the Royal Hibernian Hotel on Thursday, 26th Oc– tober 1967 at 8 p.m. The title of the lecture will be "Murderers and Psychiatrists" and the speaker will be Dr. Brian O'Connell. All members of the medical and legal professions are eligible to be– come members of the society and will be welcome at the opening meeting. THE SOCIETY OF YOUNG SOLICITORS the 1st October 1967 following the result of the elec– tion declared at the annual general meeting in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, on the 29th June 1967. Chairman, John A. Buckley; Treasurer, Nor– man T. J. Spendlove; Correspondence Secretary, Carmel O'Halloran; Record Secretary, I. Q. Cri- von; P.R.O., Thomas Jackson (Junior); Com– mittee, Margaret O'Callaghan, Michael O'Mah- ony, Eamonn O. Shell, Bruce Blake. In addition to the declaration of the election results the portion of the meeting dealing with consideration of the Treasurer's Report and the appointment of auditors was adjourned to the night of the October meeting of the Society at 7.30 p.m. A meeting took place on the 25th May 1967 at which a lecture was delivered on "Motor Insur– ance Claims Practice" by D. R. Pigot. Sub-Committee on Legal Education This committee under the chairmanship of the incoming chairman, John F. Buckley, has worked consistently through the summer and the result of its deliberations in the form of a report will be circulated to members very shortly. Sub-Committee on Forms and Precedents The chairman of this committee, Esmond A. Davies, informs the executive committee that many members and others have shown interest in this topic and that it is clear that the shortage of Irish forms and precedents is one of the most urgent problems which our society should tackle. The field is greater than the society's present The following committee took office on